mariah can sing - when she want to. just watching her video - hate the line about chickens with ash and she's the lotion...
speaking of chickens. that's what my Women In Hip Hop Class is working on for their first assignment. "write a letter to your inner chickenhead". it was inspired by Joan Morgan (when chickenheads come home to roost). basically its about being honest about the stereotypes that we actually perpetuate (i.e., girl, look at his shoes! or - he gotta hooptie, he betta not come and try to talk to me!). hell, we love listening to Destiny's Child talk about Pay My Bills, etc... so when we deal with songs and rap lyrics from men saying "fuk dez money hungry bitches" we take off our hoochie mama skirts and put on the dashiki talkin bout "feminism!" yea, we have a choice -- but how effective are our choices when were aren't consistent?
so -- tonite is my class with P. Smith and the cave canem group...nice!
did the slam last nite -- i won by .1 -- my manz PETER from BRISTOL rep'd! his last poem was actually him moving his eyebrows up and down (as if he were reading outloud) and he scored a crazy 29.6! nuts
looking forward to the upcoming months. my bday is april 20th (hollllllllllllla) imma be twenty-something! lol imma be none of ya damn business! lmao but we leave for austin on april 13 - 18, then im in VA for the WORD UP Festival in MAYhen we have an all female squad (aka femme fatale) rep'n at the souther fried regionals in JUNE! as my students in UK might say standard
so -- back tot he drawing board ya'll. i gotta go work on this assignment. i've been hiding from it for a minute! like jive says - im going to have a shootout on writer's block
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I'm an Aries too!!! April 16th! The hip-hop class was really good yesterday and my classmate Galit was talking about it allllll day today. She sends her love. Mariah hurts my soul. She was sooo fyah before.... wut happened?? Mo, you give me excuses to bite! (im going to have a shootout on writer's block) I'm slow so it took me a minute but then it was like whaaaaaaat? lol. Oh, and tell me the L word isn't the best show on cable! You were talking about the Showtime TV show right? Ok, I'mma stop blowin up your page with my silly rants but eyesluvsya tons Mo!
blessings,
hollise
thanks carla - im digging the circle already!
and hollis, i am a taurus on the cusp of an aries (all stuck up n ish!) lol
and heck yea, im talking about the showtime joint! i just wish the writers would stop with the nice girl played on by a predator mode. they ran it in the ground with jenny, now tina? dont get me started! lol
keep ranting mama. im glad you like the workshop... whassup with your chickenhead piece??
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